Improvement in barbers  chairs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

N. W. BoNNEY, or LEwIs'roN, MAINE, AssIcNoE'To EIMsELE ANDV o. A DAVIS, oF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARBEES crimes.y

Y Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 6,52 3, dated March 5, 1867.

T0 all whom it tay concet: v j Be it known that l, N. W; BONNEY, of Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Imsented a barbers-chair with my improvement attached.

Formerly chairs of this"`kind were constructed with a separate rest furthe feet made in the forxnof an upright frame. My invention has no application to such form.A In later styles the foot and leg rest is constructed on the chair itself, and when in use is turned up to a level, or nearly 1evel, p`osition on ahinge, as at a. To this form of chair my invention lapplies; but I do not of course claim the foot` rest or a chair having such foot.

Myinvention relates to a method of elevating and lowering the hinged .attachment or foot-rest a. A common method of eecting' this is by means'of a segment under the footrest, having teeth which catch over a bar at or nearl the bottom of the chair. "With this device the rest a must be raised by placing the foot under the rest and lifting it by that means. This is, after frequent repetitions, fatiguing, and the use of the segment and teeth causes a disagreeable noise at every change of its position.

My attachment is as follows: On the under side of the foot-rest a, I connect a piece of iron or metal, running on two sides and the forward end of the rest--that is, at b, thev side -oppositetheretm and the end c. This bar need only be of strengthl suiiioient to support .the weight of the foot-rest. At dthe iron is bent at right angles,` or nearly so, to the part b, and an arm, h, is continued from it, of v the necessary length, so that when the rest is elevated, as seen in the drawing, the projection e will 'catch over the shoulder or knob f on thespring g, thus supporting the footrest. Then the rest is dropped, as indicated bythe dotted; lines in the drawing, and the *arm lt is immediately beneath the bottom of `one side of the chair, (see dotted lines,) the projections is then employed to place the foot upon to raise the rest to the position shown in the drawing. At b' is a pivot Vset into the chair to support the iron "frame'under the rest, and upon which itturns as the rest is raised or lowered. YUpon the opposite side ot' the chair the end of the iron frame has a pivot at the corresponding point on the chair, and these two pivots support the frame.

The operation is as follows: When the rest is in the position indicated bythe dottdlines,

or lowered, press the foot upon the projection e, and force the arm h down until the projection'e catches over-the shoulder on the spring g. The rest is t-hen elevated. -Place the footV upon the spring g, press'it down, and the projection e being th'us released from the shoulder on the spring g, the rest will fall to the posiv tion shown by the dotted lines, and the arm h to the place also indicated by the dotted lines'. I do not claim elevating orlowerngahinged or pivoted foot-rest to a barbers chair; butv What I do claim, and desire to secure by \Vitnesses: WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD, HENRY C. HoUsToN. f 

